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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2022
Jetzero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Mark A. Page, Cypress, CA (US);
Jay Fletcher Kempf, Warren, VT (US);
Blaine Knight Rawdon, Riverside, CA (US);
Myles Leonard Baker, Long Beach, CA (US);
Brent Tyler Scheneman, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Daniel Sean Stuewe, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Daniel Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for mechanically rotating an aircraft about its center-of-gravity (C) are disclosed. The system can enable the rear, or main, landing gear to squat, while the nose landing gear raises to generate a positive angle of attack for the aircraft for takeoff or landing. The system can also enable the nose gear and main gear to return to a relatively level fuselage attitude for ground operations. The system can include one or more hydraulically linked hydraulic cylinders to control the overall height of the nose gear and the main gear. Because the hydraulic cylinders are linked, a change on the length of the nose cylinder generates a proportional, and opposite, change in the length of the main cylinder, and vice-versa. A method and control system for monitoring and controlling the relative positions of the nose gear and main gear is also disclosed.